Portrait
Portraits are one of the oldest genres of painting known to art, and it first appeared in ancient Egypt. For several centuries, there was a tendency to idealize features in order flatter important patrons for whom the portrait was for. Then, progressively, artists started to turn to ordinary people for their sitters, with fewer requirements limiting their choices, they were able to paint increasingly realist works.
Portraiture was influenced by the many movements of the 20th century and, rather than getting closer to reality, painters used portraits as a means to experiment with new artistic techniques and theories. Photography and sculpture followed a similar path, thus showing the incredible creativity and interpretation of artists.
Today there is an enormous variety of unusual portraits that don't aim flatter their sitters in the least but rather be expressive. Disfigured faces, surprising collages, distorted human forms and even creatures that are half-human, half-animal: there are no rules and creativity flows!
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Les mots n'ont plus de bouche
Valerio Adami
Print - 31 x 57 x 0.05 cm Print - 12.2 x 22.4 x 0 inch
$409
Do Not Enter
Deborah Bakos
Painting - 92 x 92 x 4 cm Painting - 36.2 x 36.2 x 1.6 inch
$2,129 $1,810
Haïtienne – 1 .0
Franck Savoye (Francky)
Painting - 120 x 120 x 3 cm Painting - 47.2 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch
$2,194
Madonna & Child
Svetlana Melik-Nubarova
Photography - 38.1 x 30.5 cm Photography - 15 x 12 inch
$936 $814
La valse
Élisabeth Gineste (Sitelle)
Painting - 100 x 81 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 31.9 x 1.2 inch
$2,223 $2,001
Corps à prendre...
Franck Savoye (Francky)
Painting - 200 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 78.7 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
$3,510
You look at me sadly, Nevo 10
Nevelin Ivanov
Fine Art Drawings - 32 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 12.6 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
$480
Orchidia-Queen of the Night
Kohlene Hendrickson
Painting - 40 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 15.7 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
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Quelque-chose de magique...
Albena Vatcheva
Print - 42 x 30 x 0.01 cm Print - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0 inch
$116
Plexi'Art "Panther #1" (11)
JM Collell
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,287
Plexi'Art "Panda #1"(10)
JM Collell
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,287
Plexi'Art " Lion #1 "(9)
JM Collell
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,287
Plexi'Art "Redford #1" (8)
JM Collell
Photography - 80 x 76 x 1.9 cm Photography - 31.5 x 29.9 x 0.7 inch
$1,287
Plexi'Art "Lagerfeld WS1" (7)
JM Collell
Photography - 80 x 80 x 1.9 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,287
Plexi'Art "Kate #1" (6)
JM Collell
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,287
Plexi'Art "Grace Kelly #1"(5)
JM Collell
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,287
Plexi'Art "Basquiat WS2"(3)
JM Collell
Photography - 80 x 80 x 1.9 cm Photography - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,287
Tribute to Josephine
Isabelle Hirtzig
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch
$291
Le Bon, la Brute et le Truand 1
Tarek X Mat Elbé
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,053
Argumentation amicale no 1
Sylvain Coulombe
Painting - 101.6 x 76.2 x 3.8 cm Painting - 40 x 30 x 1.5 inch
$3,434
Portrait of a girl taken by surprise
Isabelle Hirtzig
Painting - 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch
$211
Plexi'Art "Dali #1" (4)
JM Collell
Photography - 80 x 75 x 1.9 cm Photography - 31.5 x 29.5 x 0.7 inch
$1,287
Plucking Daisies
Francisco Larios
Painting - 196.9 x 166.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 77.5 x 65.5 x 0.1 inch
$22,000
Counting The Beats
Francisco Larios
Painting - 196.9 x 166.4 x 0.3 cm Painting - 77.5 x 65.5 x 0.1 inch
$22,000
Le Bon, la Brute et le Truand 2
Tarek X Mat Elbé
Painting - 55 x 46 x 2 cm Painting - 21.7 x 18.1 x 0.8 inch
$1,053
Caresse de l'espace IV
Jean-Baptiste Valadié
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$526
Caresse de l'espace III
Jean-Baptiste Valadié
Print - 76 x 56 x 0.2 cm Print - 29.9 x 22 x 0.1 inch
$526
Captain of America (Donald Trump)
Pellarose
Print - 80 x 60 x 0.05 cm Print - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0 inch
$339
Meditating in the Dark
Miiickey Madu
Painting - 41.9 x 30 x 1 cm Painting - 16.5 x 11.8 x 0.4 inch
$5,148
